Multi-million pound extension to Gobowen’s orthopaedic hospital given green light
A multi-million pound extension to Gobowen’s orthopaedic hospital has been given the green light in a move health bosses say will help bring down waiting lists.
Four new operating theatres will be provided in a three-storey building to be constructed near the main entrance to the Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital.
The scheme has been granted approval by Shropshire Council less than three months after the application was lodged, with planners saying it will provide a boost to the area and help address patient backlogs caused by the Covid pandemic.
Plans show the new theatres will be located on the first floor, along with recovery beds, allowing them to be linked to the existing theatres.
The ground floor will be ‘shell’ space to allow for future expansion of the hospital’s clinical space, with plant space provided on the second floor.
A report by case officer Mark Perry says the council would have preferred for the new building to be located elsewhere within the site, rather than directly in front of the more modern and “visually attractive” additions constructed in the last few years.
